Lord Chumley (1914)

After Gasper La Sage and his cohort, Blink Blunk, are released from prison, they make plans for another robbery. The scheme, which requires La Sage to pose as a gentleman, fails. Blunk is arrested, but La Sage goes free. Some time later, La Sage goes to England where he blackmails Lt. Hugh Butterworth, an officer who misappropriated money intended for the widow of a fellow officer, and who owes La Sage money for gambling debts. As payment, La Sage wants Hugh to arrange for him to marry Eleanor, Hugh's sister. Hugh tells his friend Lord Chumley about La Sage, however, and Chumley is able to learn about La Sage's past when he overhears Blunk, now out of jail, threaten his former friend. After La Sage intensifies his suit for Eleanor, Chumley is finally able to discredit him by tearing open his shirt and revealing the mark of the prison. With La Sage out of the way, Chumley and Eleanor announce their engagement as do Hugh and his faithful sweetheart, Jessie.

Erscheinungsdatum
1914-06-14
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (1)
Laufzeit
40 Min.
Genres
Drama
Regie
James Kirkwood

Besetzung

Wissenswertes

Lord Chumley is a 1914 American silent short drama film directed by James Kirkwood. Prints of the film survive at the film archive of the Library of Congress. The film began production before November 1913, but it was not released until June 1914. It is based on the 1888 play that starred E. H. Sothern. Lord Chumley was remade into the 1925 film Forty Winks.

Production

A July 12, 1913, article in Motography stated that Klaw and Erlanger created a film production company named the Protective Film Company and would work with the Biograph Company to produce almost 400 plays into films with the help of more than 600 people. The film is based on a play of the same name that was created and produced in 1886 by Henry Churchill de Mille as well as co-produced by David Belasco.

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